Russian Imperial Collection

Romanov's photos by Levitsky

ФОТО-СТУДИЯ СЕРГЕЯ ЛЕВИЦКОГО

Русский фотограф Сергей Левицкий – настоящий энтузиаст
фотографии, посвятивший всю жизнь любимому делу.
Студия Левицкого, признанная лучшими фотографами-портретистами России, сфотографировала четыре поколения династии Романовых.
В 1877 году ему было присвоено звание фотографа их королевского величества.

Его знакомство с международным опытом, активное участие в выставках
и конкурсах, успешная коммерческая практика помогли передовым тенденциям фотографии укрепиться в России, а созданные им уникальные технологии получили широкое распространение на мировом уровне.

Count Sergei Lvovich Levitsky (Russian-Серге́й Львович Левицкий, 1819 – 1898), is considered one of the patriarchs of Russian photography and one of Europe's most important early photographic pioneers, inventors
and innovators.

Sergei L’vovich Levitsky (or Levitskii, 1819-1898) was among Russia’s earliest practitioners of daguerreotype photography. Levitsky was serving as a junior diplomat when the first photographic techniques were causing a sensation among the public and scientists. He took a leave from his duties to travel to Paris, meet with Daguerre and other pioneers of early photograph, and to attend lectures on the latest discoveries at the Sorbonne. Having perfected his skills, Levitsky traveled to Rome to photograph the Russian artistic community there, leaving behind a rare photo of author Nikolai Gogol. His sensitive portraits of celebrated Russian writers and artists earned him his first job photographing members of the Russian Imperial family in 1849. His work included portraits of: Czar Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Alexei Nikolaevich Tsarevich of Russia.

Considered the best of Russia's portrait photographers, the Levitsky studio photographed four generations of the Romanov dynasty. In 1877, it was awarded the title Photographer of their Royal Majesty.